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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
SECTION 319(h) NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION CONTROL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 3192207
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 3065
$547,398
resolution
(Under the administrative direction of the
DuPage County Stormwater Management Division)
WHEREAS, the County of DuPage, through the Stormwater Management Division, has been notified by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency that grant funds in the amount of $547,398 (FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT AND NO/100 DOLLARS) are available to facilitate the construction of the Winfield Creek Stream Restoration Project to improve water quality by controlling nonpoint source pollution; and
WHEREAS, to receive said grant funds, the County of DuPage, through the Stormwater Management Division, must enter into Inter-Governmental Agreement No. No. 3192207 with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, a copy of which is attached to and incorporated as a part of this resolution by reference (Attachment II); and
WHEREAS, the period of the grant agreement is from April 15, 2023 through April 14, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the County is providing matching funds in the amount of $364,932 (THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO AND NO/100 DOLLARS); and
WHEREAS, the DuPage County Board finds that the need to appropriate said grant funds creates an emergency within the meaning of the Counties Act, Budget Division, (55 ILCS 5/6-1003).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 3192207 (Attachment II) between DuPage County and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is hereby accepted; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the additional appropriation on the attached sheet (Attachment I) in the amount of $547,398 (FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT AND NO/100 DOLLARS ) be made to establish the IEPA Section 319(h) Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Financial Assistance Program, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 3065, for period April 15, 2023 through April 14, 2025; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the Director of Stormwater Management is approved as the County’s Authorized Representative; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should state and/or federal funding cease for this grant, the Stormwater Management Committee shall review the need for continuing the specified program and related head count; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should the Stormwater Management Committee determine the need for other funding is appropriate, it may recommend action to the County Board by resolution.
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Enacted and approved this 18 day of July, 2023 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK